MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Chicago State fell to Middle Tennessee 4-0 on Monday. Middle Tennessee secured the doubles point after winning matches on courts No. 2 and No. 3, and clinched the overall victory with three singles wins.
Middle Tennessee secured the doubles point with victories on courts two and three. Rutuja Chaphalkar and Sthefany Lima defeated CSU's
Nikita Liyanage and
Karolina Skowronska 6-1 at No. 2 doubles. Zenn Lim and Lena Peyer followed with a 6-1 win over
Danina Hughes and
Nadjema Morille at No. 3 doubles. The match at No. 1 doubles between
Mackenzie King and
Camila Sanchez of the Cougars and Sara Conde and Zora Koenig of Middle Tennessee was left unfinished at 3-3.
In singles play, Middle Tennessee extended its lead with a straight-set victory by Sara Conde over King, 6-0, 6-1, at No. 3 singles. Sadbaroy Kholdarova added another point for Middle Tennessee by defeating Hughes 6-1, 6-0 at No. 5 singles, while Lim completed the singles rounds with a 6-0, 6-0 win over Morille on court six. Matches at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 4 singles were left unfinished.
Doubles
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Mackenzie King/
Camila Sanchez (CSU) vs. Sara Conde/Zora Koenig (MTSU) 3-3 (unfinished)
Nikita Liyanage/
Karolina Skowronska (CSU) vs. Rutuja Chaphalkar/Sthefany Lima (MTSU) 1-6
Danina Hughes/
Nadjema Morille (CSU) vs. Zenn Lim/Lena Peyer (MTSU) 1-6
Singles
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Karolina Skowronska (CSU) vs. Lena Peyer (MTSU) 5-5 (unfinished)
Camila Sanchez (CSU) vs. Sthefany Lima (MTSU) 1-6, 2-3 (unfinished)
Mackenzie King (CSU) vs. Sara Conde (MTSU) 0-6, 1-6
Nikita Liyanage (CSU) vs. Rutuja Chaphalkar (MTSU) 4-6, 0-1 (unfinished)
Danina Hughes (CSU) vs. Sadbaroy Kholdarova (MTSU) 1-6, 0-6
Nadjema Morille (CSU) vs. Zenn Lim (MTSU) 0-6, 0-6
Up next for the Cougars stay in Tennessee for a match against the University of the Pacific on Tuesday, March 10 at 10 a.m. in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
